Posts from Software & Apps

I printed a photo the other day. I needed a baby photo of myself for a baby shower game, but being without ink or photo paper at home, I actually took my digital photos to a drug store and ordered prints. It was a strange exercise in nostalgia, but I actually enjoyed having hardcopy prints to show and share for once.

Transferring your entire CD collection to an iTunes library can be a time consuming project that you'll want to get right the first time. While iTunes provides some error correction, no validation is produced at the end of the importing process. The XLD software not only can import CDs into many different file types, but it also provides accuracy reports to certify that CD importing went through correctly.

The "Sleep" function available to OS X users is a helpful preference to enable...you can walk away from your machine and know it will switch over to a screensaver or power down to standby mode. The Achille's heel is occasionally your machine will go beddy-bye when you're actually still there (while reading a long article, in the process of doing your taxes, etc). Should I Sleep, a will cure your Mac's case of narcolepsy by keeping an eye out for you...

I was amongst the last generation who grew up during the widespread era of newspapers, and one thing I miss besides the tactile quality of the daily paper is the easy legibility of printed monochrome ink, much easier on the eyes than staring and reading an illuminated screen. Grayscale Tool by Emanuel Malmquist is a Chrome extension that can bring a little bit of yesterday's newspaper aesthetic and legibility to your browser experience...

This week's tablet app roundup focuses upon those of you out there expecting a baby (a few of the Apartment Therapy team included!). After a pregnant friend asked which apps would be useful as an expecting parent, I turned to a tech-loving mom of two for advice. She found three different types of apps useful: those for tracking pregnancy, baby name apps, and apps for baby activity logging in preparation for the new addition's arrival. Here are some of her favorites...

Whether you like it or not, for most of us email inboxes are a critical part of our everyday lives. Many of us are connected nearly 24/7 with our smartphone devices, tablets, and laptops throughout the day. Naturally, the email app you use is essential because it's one of the most used apps on smart devices. Most people defer to the email app that comes with their smartphone, but email apps like the much ballyhooed Mailbox, can transform your experience reading and sorting your inbox.

Working from home and being productive can be both rewarding and a challenge at the same time. There are many ways to help with productivity when you're faced with a desk or a comfy couch. Make things a little bit easier for yourself with these 3 free tools. They're so easy to integrate into your workflow that you'll be wondering what you did without them. And did we mention they're free?

It's all too easy to spend hours link-hopping online from one site to another and getting detoured. But that's precisely how I get my news these days — it arrives randomly and it's often unexpected. Google Reader, Twitter, and Facebook feeds have replaced newspapers, magazines, and television news programming...

The price is certainly nice, and the allotment of 50 GB of cloud storage is only restricted by a 250 MB file size upload and 10 GB monthly shared bandwidth limit (calendar). You'll also be able to use the Box app to your files via Android, iOS, or Windows Phone apps. Sign-up and pass the offer around.

Julianna Bright is a visual artist and musician who has been hard at work on two projects for children. Under the moniker Cat Doorman, Julianna recorded the 14 track Cat Doorman Songbook, which was released yesterday along with Little Red Wagon, its companion iPad app.